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A visit to the Moak Cemetery ...

Introduction ...

Note: We have organized the cemeteries in our Gazetteer based on a problem that we had while working on our own genealogy. Without specifying the cemeteries involved, we found an ancestor that we believed to have been buried in one cemetery was actually buried elsewhere.

We discovered that his burial had been refused at the last moment and the family had scrambled to make new arrangements. By looking at nearby cemeteries, the surrounding communities and in newspapers of the period, we were finally able to locate his burial site.

Should you find yourself in the same situation, we hope that our Gazetteer helps you discover your lost ancestor.

The Location of the Moak Cemetery ...

We are using the following GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude) for the Moak Cemetery

Lat:   31.3944°   (31° 23' 39")

Lon:   -90.3653°   (-90° 21' 55")

The Moak Cemetery is located in Lincoln County<1>.

The county seat for Lincoln County is located in Brookhaven. Brookhaven lies 13 miles [20.9 km]<2> to the north northwest of the Moak Cemetery .

List of nearby cemeteries ...

Based on our list of cemeteries, we know of 27 that are within 7 miles [11.3 km] of the Moak Cemetery.<3>

We've listed the following cemeteries based on their distance from Moak Cemetery, with the nearest first.

  • McDavid Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McDavid Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McDavid Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McDavid Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Shady Grove Baptist Church Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the south)
  • Price Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Price Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Price Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Rawls Cemetery
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rawls Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rawls Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rawls Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Brister Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brister Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brister Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brister Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Ruth Cemetery
    (3 miles [4.8 km] to the east)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Ruth Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Ruth Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Ruth Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Price Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Price Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Price Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Price Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • McCullough Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McCullough Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McCullough Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The McCullough Cemetery is located in Pike County
  • Spring Beulah Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Union Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
  • Brister Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Brister Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Brister Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Brister Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
  • Rollins Cemetery
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Rollins Cemetery
    • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Rollins Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
    • The Rollins Cemetery is located in Pike County
  • Continue List   (15 more) ...
    • Old Friendship Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Old Friendship Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Old Friendship Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Old Friendship Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Wells Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Wells Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Wells Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Wells Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Williams Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Eaton Cemetery
      (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Eaton Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Eaton Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Eaton Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Missionary Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Missionary Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Missionary Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Missionary Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
    • Dickerson Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Dickerson Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Dickerson Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Dickerson Cemetery is located in Lincoln County
    • Johnstons Station Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Johnstons Station Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Johnstons Station Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Johnstons Station Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Henry D. Berry Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
    • Williams Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Williams Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Williams Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Williams Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Hoover Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Hoover Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Hoover Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Hoover Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Busby Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Busby Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Busby Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Busby Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • Norman Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the south)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Norman Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Norman Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Norman Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • John Felder Memorial Park
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the John Felder Memorial Park
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the John Felder Memorial Park have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The John Felder Memorial Park is located in Pike County
    • Herron Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the Herron Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the Herron Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The Herron Cemetery is located in Pike County
    • McEwen Cemetery
      (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for the McEwen Cemetery
      • Note: The GPS coordinates that we are using for the McEwen Cemetery have been provided by the GNIS.<4> The coordinates still need to be verified.
      • The McEwen Cemetery is located in Pike County

For an expanded list with details, please visit our List of cemeteries.

List of neighboring communities ...

The following 25 communities are within 20 miles [32.2 km]<2> of the Moak Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities based on their distance from Moak Cemetery, with the nearest first.

For the full list of neighboring communities with details, please visit our extended List of Communities.

Nearby communities with newspapers ...

The following communities are those where newspapers have been published and are located in the vicinity of the Moak Cemetery. Unless otherwise noted, the following communities are located in Lincoln County.

More information can be found on our list of Local Newspapers for The Moak Cemetery.

We've listed the following communities alphabetically.

Websites to help with your research ...

When we do our genealogical research, we begin with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their websites are open to everyone.

To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that might help with the Moak Cemetery:

Miscellaneous References and Mentions ...

Our approach is to add the name of a cemetery whenever we see it mentioned - usually from newspapers, old books and maps. Typically we have little information to start with, but we continue to add detail as we find it.

We've created the following list to keep track of the sources that we found useful for the Moak Cemetery:

  • Referenced GNIS Record ...
  • GNIS ID #673716  (Moak Cemetery)
    • Note: GNIS record #673716 has been archived by the USGS. It is no longer maintained by the USGS, nor can it be retrieved from their website.
    • Class: cemetery         Map Name: Ruth
    • County: Lincoln         Elev: 135
    • Location given for GNIS #673716 (Moak Cemetery)

The official website for State of Mississippi: https://www.ms.gov/

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Mississippi's counties, including Lincoln, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' distance. A straight line distance ignores obstructions like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- ) to Point B.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point at the Moak Cemetery. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 31.3944, Longitude: -90.3653    
<3>While we have an extensive database of cemeteries (with over 200,000 entries), you can be assured that it's not complete and our list will be missing cemeteries.
<4>The location has been supplied by the Geographic Names Information System - which is maintained by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). While these values should be definitive, we found that accuracy can vary and you should double-check the location if accuracy is required.
<5>An 'estimated' location is one where we have been given GPS coordinates, but are unable to verify the accuracy of those coordinates. That said, we have some confidence that we have placed the marker near the actual location. A typical reason for being unable to verify a location is that it might be on private property or maybe historic and gone without an obvious trace.
<6>The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com.
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